Washington, D.C. street grid

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city plan component urban street grid

The Washington, D.C. street grid is a distinctive urban layout combining a rectilinear system of numbered and lettered streets with diagonal avenues and traffic circles, designed to organize the U.S. capital’s transportation and city planning.

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Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form	Occurrences
District of Columbia street grid	6
Capitol Hill street grid	3
Downtown Washington, D.C. street network	1
Southwest Washington, D.C. street grid	1
Washington, D.C. quadrant system	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city plan component ⓘ urban street grid ⓘ
addressSystem	quadrant suffixes are appended to street names ⓘ street numbers increase with distance from the Capitol ⓘ
avenueNamingSystem	diagonal avenues named for U.S. states ⓘ
basedOnPlanBy	Pierre Charles L’Enfant NERFINISHED ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
designPeriod	late 18th century ⓘ
designStartYear	1791 ⓘ
governedBy	District of Columbia government NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasCharacteristic	combines Baroque radial avenues with Enlightenment grid layout ⓘ
hasComponent	diagonal avenues ⓘ lettered streets ⓘ numbered streets ⓘ squares and plazas ⓘ traffic circles ⓘ
hasMajorAvenue	Connecticut Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Constitution Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Independence Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Massachusetts Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ Pennsylvania Avenue NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasMajorCircle	Columbus Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Dupont Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Logan Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Thomas Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ Washington Circle NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasQuadrant	Northeast (NE) NERFINISHED ⓘ Northwest (NW) NERFINISHED ⓘ Southeast (SE) NERFINISHED ⓘ Southwest (SW) NERFINISHED ⓘ
influencedBy	L’Enfant Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
influences	federal and local land use planning ⓘ neighborhood identity in Washington, D.C. ⓘ traffic patterns in Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
notableFeature	monumental vistas along diagonal avenues ⓘ numerous traffic circles and squares at avenue–grid intersections ⓘ radial avenues intersect orthogonal grid ⓘ
partOf	urban plan of Washington, D.C. ⓘ
primaryOrientation	east–west ⓘ north–south ⓘ
purpose	organize transportation in the U.S. capital ⓘ support symbolic and ceremonial axes ⓘ
quadrantDivisionCenter	U.S. Capitol NERFINISHED ⓘ
relatedPlan	McMillan Plan NERFINISHED ⓘ
streetLetteringSystem	east–west streets are lettered ⓘ
streetNumberingSystem	north–south streets are numbered ⓘ
subjectTo	federal oversight in central areas ⓘ
usesQuadrants	true ⓘ

Referenced by (24)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

18th Street NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

First Street SE, Washington, D.C. → isProminentIn → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Hill street grid

First Street SE, Washington, D.C. → coordinateSystem → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Washington, D.C. quadrant system

C Street SE → followsAddressGridSystem → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

Florida Avenue NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia street grid

Georgia Avenue NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia street grid

North Capitol Street corridor neighborhoods → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia street grid

Rhode Island Avenue NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

Vermont Avenue NW → hasCoordinateSystem → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

Porter Street NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia street grid

South Capitol Street SE → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia street grid

7th Street SW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Downtown Washington, D.C. street network

23rd Street SW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Southwest Washington, D.C. street grid

N Street NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

Pennsylvania Avenue NW → partOfNumberedSystem → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

First Street NE → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Hill street grid

First Street NE → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

Pennsylvania Avenue SE → partOfRoadNetwork → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: District of Columbia street grid

First Street SW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

this entity surface form: Capitol Hill street grid

Maryland Avenue SW → hasCoordinateSystem → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

16th Street NW → isPartOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

Rhode Island Avenue NE → formsPartOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

9th Street NW → hasCoordinateSystem → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ

7th Street NW → partOf → Washington, D.C. street grid ⓘ